Bill Owens, the longtime executive producer of CBS News' "60 Minutes," is stepping down over concerns about editorial independence, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on April 22.

Bill Owens, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, said Tuessday that he is resigning from the program, telling staffers he had lost his ability to make independent decisions about the show. “Over the ...

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Bill Owens has been with CBS News for nearly four decades. After his internship in 1988, he became a senior producer for the White House beat and later, senior broadcast producer for CBS Evening News.

"Over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it," Owens wrote in a message obtained by The Times. "To make independe ...

The longtime producer Bill Owens has quit "60 Minutes" as CBS faces a $10 million lawsuit from Donald Trump over an interview ...

Minutes staffers hope the exit of top producer Bill Owens will serve as a notice to Paramount's Shari Redstone to leave the program alone ...

Owens' resignation comes as CBS parent company Paramount Global has been working to settle a US$20 billion lawsuit filed by ...